Man accused of shooting man in head arrested

By Michelle Casady :
September 25, 2012

Police made an arrest Tuesday in Monday's shooting death of a man at a South Side trailer park.

Jesse Pugh, 35, was arrested on a count of murder after police said a weapon he had said was stolen linked him to the crime.

Officer Matt Porter, spokesman for the San Antonio Police Department, said Pugh was originally interviewed as a witness in the death of Eddie Saenz, 35, who was found dead at the Caltex Mobile Home Park in the 4000 block of Southwest Military Drive with a wound to the head from a 9 mm handgun.

Porter said Pugh told police his gun had been stolen a few months earlier but he hadn't reported it, so officers went to his home and were granted permission to search by his wife. They found the gun, which was compared with shell casings found at the scene, and they matched, Porter said.

Police said the men had argued over an air-conditioning unit before the shooting.